FOOD STUFF
••• The new owner of Shoreline Cafe (above).
••• A peek inside Ospi, opening soon at The Post.
••• The city is screwing over Cookie Plug.
••• Lion’s Tale to start taking reservations.
••• Mercado El Rey grocery store has opened on Milpas.
••• The Nugget’s Carpinteria outpost should debut in the next few weeks.
••• New tenant for the former We Want the Funk space.
••• The third-annual Natural Coast Wine Festival.
••• Pascucci moving update.
••• Cutler’s Public House profile.
••• Mothers Tacos in Ventura is looking increasingly interesting.
••• And more.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Spacious compound in Riven Rock; clean slate on E. Mountain Drive; Hedgerow floops; possible auction of a San Ysidro Road property; Mesa fixer in the mid-threes; Montecito Shores condo for $6.495 million; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Changes likely for Santa Barbara parking fees.
••• Test of “pedlets” that extend State Street sidewalk into the street (as in Durango, above).
••• Partial closures at Alice Keck Park.
••• Environmental groups are suing the state fire marshal in an effort to block Sable Offshore Corp.
••• Check theft in Montecito.
••• Urgent-care facility Med Center to close.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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